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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows login on LTSP Thin Clients http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225459893 Incited by the success of our [1]Linux-based noiseless thin clients we were highly motivated to further increase the benefit of these clients to our users. Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Windows logins on these machines. Read on if you're interested in giving it a try. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1204219612 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Readme http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/1 Windows Terminal Server login on LTSP thin clients http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/251 Printing with SMB (Windows) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Downtime of D-PHYS Webserver this evening http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225197664 To resolve some performance issues with our main webserver "zwoelfi" by updating its BIOS, there will be short downtime of the webserver this evening at about 17:30. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft announced an high critical security bulletin http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1224839746 Last night [1]Microsoft has released an high critical [2]Security Bulletin (MS08-067). Users running any version of Windows must install the patch today urgently! The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. It is possible that this vulnerability could be used in the crafting of a wormable exploit. References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/ 2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft Security Bulletin for October 2008 http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1224055953 Last night [1]Microsoft has released the [2]Security Bulletin Summary for October, 2008. There are 4 critical , 6 important and 1 moderate updates. If Automatic Update is not activated yet, then you must visit [3]Microsoft Update to install the Security Updates. References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/ 2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-oct.mspx 3. http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Downtime of all essential D-PHYS servers on Saturday http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1222863544 This Saturday, 4th of October 2008, we will move most of the D-PHYS servers to the new server room in the HIT building. This results in a downtime of nearly all ISG D-PHYS services from approx. 9am to approx. 6pm, including but not limited to file servers, mail server, web server, authentication servers, backup servers, etc. DHCP will continue to work. Read on for a more detailed description of what won't be available on Saturday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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